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9/7/66 From: A1 Freeman/ Sands Hotel/ Las Vegas, Nevada For release: Upon receipt SMASH RETURN SET FOR LOUIS PRIMA IN SANDS HOTEL CELEBRITY THEATRE Las Vegas, Nevada (September 7).......The great sounds of Louis Prima will be featured in the Sands Celebrity Theatre, beginning September 14th, when Prima returns for a five-week engagement. Prima with Gia Maione, Sam Butera & The Witnesses, will be working on their third record-breaking Sands engagement since signing a $1 million contract this spring. Prima has been on the show business scene in America for twenty years, emerging as one of the few musicians capable of making a musical transition from generation to generation. In addition to appearing in nightclubs, he is also a leading record seller and a frequent guest artist on television variety shows. Also appearing on the bill will be rising young singer Bob Fletcher, the musical stylings of Jack Costanzo and listenable cocktail music of the Ernie Stewart Trio. # # 1 # # # #